lesson 2 Flashcards
In the Greek and Roman Era, people perceive disability negatively that they regard to it as a sign of punishment from God himself.
Era of extermination (500 B.C.E – 400 C.E)
o Individuals with disabilities during this period were often labeled as “defectives”, which is the main reason why people want them to be eliminated from the society itself.
Era of extermination
where a father has the right to execute his child if they happen to be born with disability.
Infanticide
o During the Middle Ages, people who are different and who are born with disabilities often face discrimination from the majority of the people from their society.
Era of Ridicule (476 – 1450 C.E)
o They are used as “clowns”, servants, and are regarded as fools.
Era of Ridicule (476 – 1450 C.E)
o This era is where the humane treatment to those people with disabilities where already given and they are already being acknowledged.
Era if Asylum
o In the Renaissance Period, the Catholic Church is already starting to accept people with disabilities as wards.
Era of Asylum
o was one of the few people who provided education to the deaf children from nobility.
o He first taught the “basic sign language” by using gestures.
o He was one of those teachers/scholars who made an attempt to prove that people with disabilities can be educated.
Ponce de Leon
FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
1712
known as the “Father of the Deaf”.
o Abbe Charles Michel de I’Epee (1960)
o He was also the founder of the first free public-school institute for the deaf.
o He upgraded the sign language from gestures to letters and is recognized for bringing the sign language to the masses.
Abbe Charles Michel de I’Epee (1960)
o He invented a machine and used simple sign language; he was able to teach them simple arithmetic calculations.
His simple sign languages were centered on number sign languages.
Joseph Pereire
was known for his work on intellectual disability where his case about Victor, the wild boy of Aveyron, is he well-known for.
o Jean Marc Itard
o He is known as the “Father of Special Education”.
o Jean Marc Itard
o he invented the Braille Script or the Braille System to allow blind people to read.
o He is also recognized as the “Father of the Blind”.
Louis Braille (1829)